Hershey (HSY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) reported Free Cash Flow of $354.2 million for Q1 2026, up 41.03% year-over-year from $251.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 55.08% quarter-over-quarter from $788.5 million in Q4 2025.

Hershey (HSY) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $354.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $354.2 million, up 41.03% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.9 billion (up 5.76% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.8 billion, down 5.34% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow eased to $354.2 million in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from $788.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $807.1 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at $27.1 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $439.0 million and a median of $357.4 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Free Cash Flow jumped 90.6% in 2024, then sank 86.12% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $608.2 million in 2022, then fell by 12.01% to $535.1 million in 2023, then jumped by 50.82% to $807.1 million in 2024, then decreased by 2.31% to $788.5 million in 2025, then sank by 55.08% to $354.2 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Free Cash Flow at $354.2 million in Q1 2026, $788.5 million in Q4 2025, and $756.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn 155.00 Mn
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn 354.21 Mn
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn 3.29 Mn
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - -1.69 Mn
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -739,000.00
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn 3.29 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 354.21 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 354.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 788.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 788.47 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 755.99 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 755.99 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 27.13 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 27.13 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 251.16 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 251.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 807.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 807.08 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 567.30 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 567.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 195.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 195.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 355.83 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 355.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 535.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 535.14 Mn